I accidentally swallowed toothpaste while brushing my teeth. Does it matter?

It depends on the ingredients of the toothpaste. Generally, it is no problem to swallow a small amount of toothpaste. The main components of toothpaste are calcium carbonate and scale-removing foaming agent (sodium lauroyl sarcosinate: scale-removing, anti-inflammatory and dental caries prevention). Try to avoid swallowing fluoride toothpaste.

Because high concentration of fluoride is harmful to human health, it affects the development of teeth and bones, and chronic fluorosis such as skeletal fluorosis and dental fluorosis occurs, which makes the bone density too high and easy to fracture, or because of high fluoride content, the hard tissue of teeth develops abnormally, which causes spots or even discoloration on the surface of teeth, which affects the appearance of teeth; In severe cases, it will cause acute fluorosis such as nausea, vomiting and arrhythmia.

The dosage of fluoride toothpaste must be small, generally not more than 1 g at a time, just the size of soybean grains, without squeezing the toothbrush head. Because children are young and unskilled in using toothbrushes, they may eat fluoride toothpaste by mistake, which will be harmful to their health for a long time. Therefore, experts advise children not to use fluoride toothpaste.